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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Originally Posted by
SamOF
Have you ever been in a situation with your heterosexual partner where 1) You weren't making out, but 2) Someone might get that you two were together?
I suspect you have, and there's your answer. Your comment reminds me a lot of things you hear about gay people "flaunting their sexual orientation," which usually consists of doing things (pictures of their partners on their desk, etc...) that straight people do all the time.
In various parts of Asia -- including almost all Muslim-majority countries -- the American idea of "flaunting their sexual orientation" would be foreign because men hugging and holding hands and kissing on the cheeks is nothing out of the norm. A local doing that with an apparent foreigner may get comments, regardless of sexual orientation or apparent sex/gender.
The idea of blaming the OP or his buddy for a hotel staff member insulting one or the other misses the point.
This is no way to treat any guests or guests of guests.
Bingo. Comments or critiques by employees directed at guests, on any subject, should be a no-go area, especially at a 5* property. If I want the opinion of a member of staff, I'll ask for it.